November 28, 1942
November 28, 1942 Camp Kilmer, New Jersey Dear Folksies, At the moment I’m listening to the Army-Navy game and I kind of imagine you are doing likewise. At least it kind of feels good to believe that you are — that despite actual land distance, we’re not really 3000 miles away. It hasn’t […]
November 26, 1942
November 26, 1942 Thanksgiving afternoon Camp Kilmer, New Jersey Dear Folksies, Things have changed considerably, but N.J. is still a big mud hole, though walks etc. have been improved. Living quarters this time are comfortable, not just large room barracks, but rooms for two, as we had at Ft. Ord. I’m in with […]
November 24, 1942
November 24, 1942 Camp Kilmer, New Jersey Dear Folksies, As we waited to depart Camp Pickett on Monday, it was pouring and with all the stoves out, we sat around our barracks and headquarters on a couple of tables that were left – all beds, foot lockers, etc. having been taken out in the afternoon. […]
November 20, 1942
November 20, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, My sore throat and snozola are on the mend. I still cough occasionally, but much better after four good night’s rest. Everyone around here seems to have had the same bug or virus, for there have been a lot of them on the ailing list. One […]
November 17, 1942
November 17, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Things have been in sort of a turmoil. To begin with, “His Highness” apparently received some orders around November 4th that were either in some code, or anyway so worded that neither he nor his two stooges were able to interpret. So, thinking they were not […]
November 13, 1942
November 13, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Yesterday morning we were awakened by the clatter in the kitchen area at about 4:45 A.M., as they were going to serve the men early so that they could get them started hiking back early, and also could get the mess equipment packed on the trucks […]
November 11, 1942
November 11, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Sunday afternoon, after having written to you, I went into Pickett and stayed overnite there. Lois and I went to a movie, “Now Traveler” with Bette Davis and Claude Rains. It was very good – rather on the psychological side, about an unwanted child, but very […]
November 6, 1942
November 6, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, After writing to you yesterday afternoon, I slept for a little while and then the ambulance returned out here with a load of patients we had sent into the clinics at the hospital, and I went back with it into Pickett. I got into the […]
November 5, 1942
November 5, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, After writing on Tuesday, I loafed around the camp most of the afternoon and then when the Capt. and some of the Lts. went in for a meeting with their Col. at around 7 P.M., I went in with them and spent about 3 hours with […]
November 3, 1942
November 3, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Paul and I are still out in our tents and are rather enjoying ourselves. The only bad feature being that we have no showers and the transportation into Pickett is a little complicated. If it weren’t that I don’t get to see Lois more than every […]
November 1, 1942
November 1, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Yesterday P.M. I went in with a couple of the officers only to find that Lois had gone into Petersburg to do some shopping with Fran, as she did not expect that I would be able to get in before evening, if at all. I had […]